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Terrance Ó Domhnaill's avatar

For those of us old enough to remember the Arab oil embargo from the late 1970's, wait for it. Pretty soon we'll have a repeat of that in some fashion. I don't think we'll have the odd/even rationing like we had back then but the prices for sure will jack up to between $4.50 to $7.00 a gallon, depending on where you live. Europe is already starting to see huge gas price shocks.

No matter what happens in the short term regarding this war/not war in the middle east, the economic shocks are just getting started.

Realist's avatar

It is a nightmare, but probably not the worst.

Diane England's avatar

All planned, of course. Both sides are in on this entire plan.

Guven Cagil's avatar

That both sides have to mean democrats/republicans or two-line phone but yes that's what appears to be the case.

Diane England's avatar

You don’t get to the top without both evil sides agreeing to it.

They both have a lot to gain from this whole scenario.

And the rest of us are “useless eaters” funding their evil.

David Beach's avatar

Please explain the risk of derivatives crashing as a result of war and the resultant increase in oil/natural gas prices.

Lena Petrova's avatar

This is a really great question! I'll upload a separate video on this and/ or invite a guest to discuss. Thank you for the suggestion!

Fred Potgieter's avatar

deflationary higher gas prices, deflationary higher unemployment.less money in circulation.migration removing billions from united state by shipping money overseas . war deflationary with middle East removing trillions from united state investments.punish us for causing this disaster. so huge deflationary effects .

Guven Cagil's avatar

Does a weakening labor market provide some sort of incentive for military troop deployment by way of a draft?

RedBaron's avatar

Unfortunately, Congress and the President will NOT keep US oil and gasoline here in the US. A few years ago, the oil companies got Congress to allow export of US crude. Before, only processed products like diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, etc. could be exported. So don't look for the US government to look out for the US consumer. Just another reason I stopped voting. Big Business trumps (pardon the pun) little consumers.